7th Feb 2005 17:22
7 February 2005Notification of Share InterestSections 198-203 of the Companies Act 1985We have today received a notice dated 2 February 2005 from an official ofBarclays PLC, the extract of which is as follows:"I hereby inform you that as at 2 February 2005, Barclays PLC through the legalentities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in thecapital of your Company of 6.03%Details of this interest, together with a breakdown of registered holders (asrequired by Section 202 (3) of the Act), are enclosed".They have increased their holding from 8,598,581 shares notified on 17 January2005 to 10,276,173 shares which equates to 6.03% of the issued share capital.Director/SecretaryCountrywide plc REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL: B00FQ06 As at 02 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listedbelow, had a notifiable interest in 10,276,173 ORD GBP0.05 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,128 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 92,785 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 6,814,299 CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 180,915 CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 6,463 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,965 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,969 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 39,119 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 14,176 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 137,232 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 398,704 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 60,089 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,242 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 101,085 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 43,899 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 83,037 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 1,832,448 JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 84,007 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 31,580 JPMorgan Chase Bank 38,725 JPMorgan Chase Bank 28,652 JPMorgan Chase Bank 25,536 JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,351 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 20,931 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 26,651 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 29,337 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 7,065 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 34,312 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 300 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 750 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,421 Total 10,276,173COUNTRYWIDE SEDOL : B00FQ06 As at 2 February 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 10,276,173 ORD GBP0.05 Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 2,128 0.0012 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 389,352 0.2286 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 1,421 0.0008 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 9,004,454 5.2878 Gerrard Ltd 1,050 0.0006 Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 124,264 0.073 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 31,580 0.0185 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 721,924 0.4239 Group Holding 10,276,173 6.0344ENDRelated Shares:
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